Tag Archives: google analytics
Social Media Blog Posts Alex DeLeon // 15 Nov, 2016
Dark Social – The Marketer’s Guide
What is “dark social”? You’ve probably heard the term floated around your office in recent months. Maybe you’re deeply entrenched in influencer marketing and your team read about Adidas’ latest social media campaign that saw amazing returns through dark social outreach. More likely, your CMO pulled you aside and asked you to start integrating dark… Read More
Analytics Blog Posts Mike Fitterer // 16 Aug, 2016
Breaking the Sales Plateau with Google Analytics
Data is great……sometimes. Data can also be maddening and make you want to go all Office Space on the nearest printer. These days businesses have an abundance of data at their fingertips. That makes knowing how to sift through information an essential part of every marketer’s existence. Personally, Google Analytics (GA) has been making my… Read More
Analytics Blog Posts Timothy Gillman // 16 Apr, 2015
How to Solve 6 Brutal Problems in Google Analytics
Ever have one of those days where you’re digging through Google Analytics (GA) and you say to yourself “What the f*@$ is this s%$#!?!?” Yeah – me too. Don’t get me wrong – I love GA. It’s way easier to navigate than most of the other analytics platforms out there. But just like its users, GA… Read More
Analytics Blog Posts Michael Wiegand // 25 Sep, 2014
Webinar Recap: Measuring Intent With Google Analytics
Last week, I gave a free webinar on measuring mid-funnel activity using Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager. If you missed it, here’s the recording: During the webinar, I made mention of several links and resources that would be available afterward. Here’s the link bundle containing everything: http://portent.co/measuring-intent If you don’t have time for either… Read More
Analytics Blog Posts Michael Wiegand // 9 Sep, 2014
Integrating Google Analytics & HubSpot
Google brought Universal Analytics (UA) out of beta earlier this year in April. It’s ushered in an exciting new era where integration with Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems is possible. That kind of integration is the holy grail of web analytics — truly closed-loop reporting, from the time a visitor first hits your website, to when they become… Read More
PPC Blog Posts Michael Wiegand // 11 Apr, 2014
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If you’re a paid search professional and you’ve been within a stone’s throw of a computer in the last 48 hours, you’ve probably heard: they’re coming for your search query data. Search Engine Land broke the story, Google themselves confirmed it: “Today, we are extending our efforts to keep search secure by removing the query… Read More
SEO Blog Posts Portent Team // 10 Mar, 2014
Rankings Aren’t All That: How to Really Track SEO Improvements
There are LOTS of people out there that don’t understand what SEO is and how you do it. I wish I had a dollar for every time I was told to go do my “SEO magic” by a client. These same people are hungry to see results to make sure that you are actually doing… Read More
Analytics Blog Posts Michael Wiegand // 14 Nov, 2013
5 Delicious Analytics Custom Segments: Taste the Rainbow
I was the kid who sorted out Skittles by color. My favorite flavor was lime, which they’ve since changed to green apple — an atrocity if you ask me. That isn’t my point today, but I think it’s influenced how I work as a marketer. Google Analytics has done a lot of work around their… Read More
Analytics Blog Posts Portent Staff // 6 Sep, 2013
The Big Content Real-Time Dashboard Template
You’ve heard the saying “content is king!” so many times by now that it’s become a joke. A joke that isn’t funny and doesn’t even accurately depict the real role of content. Content is what your visitors see when they come to your site. It’s how you engage with them. It is the key to… Read More
Analytics Blog Posts George Freitag // 29 Aug, 2013
The Blogger Dashboard: Google Analytics for Writers
If you’re on this site and you’re a blogger, chances are you’ve already read a few dozen articles about how great Google Analytics is. And they’re all right. You should absolutely use Google Analytics. It’s free, incredibly versatile, and chock-full of useful data about what people are doing on your site. The only problem is… Read More
Analytics Blog Posts Portent Team // 20 Nov, 2012
3 Hidden Optimization Tips in Google Analytics
It’s no accident that Google Analytics is the most widely used analytics platform on the web. According to W3Techs, and cited by TechCrunch, GA has an overwhelming market share among web analytics platforms at 81.9%, and is used by more than 55% of the top 10,000 sites. Beloved for its intuitive format and multi-dimensional reporting abilities,… Read More
Analytics Blog Posts Portent Staff // 25 Oct, 2012
Google Analytics Tips for Small Businesses
You’re a small business and you’ve got a decent website—but you’re not sure how it’s doing. What you need is Google Analytics (GA), but you’re not sure what to make of all the reporting options. Don’t worry, we can help. What’s Important in Google Analytics? For a small business, the most complex reports aren’t going… Read More
Featured Blog Posts Michael Wiegand // 15 Oct, 2012
Steal This Product Listing Ads Dashboard Before Wednesday
If you’ve followed my blog musings in the last year or so at Portent, you’ll know that I’m a bit of a dashboard nut. My Perfect Google Analytics Dashboard post took off in ways I never imagined. (Thanks guys!) But here’s the thing: I was lying to you all – or misleading you, anyway. There… Read More
Analytics Blog Posts Michael Wiegand // 19 Sep, 2012
Google Analytics Shortcuts I’m Saving Immediately
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last few weeks, you’ve probably seen that Google Analytics (GA) announced a new beta called Shortcuts: The idea is you can save new report views you’ve just discovered or old report views that you revisit often. How Do I Make a Shortcut? Couldn’t be simpler, really.… Read More
Analytics Blog Posts Michael Wiegand // 5 Apr, 2012
The Perfect Google Analytics Dashboard
Building dashboards is a big to-do for any marketing professional. The temptation is to cram it full of juicy data and a novel worth of narrative explaining said data. Well, you shouldn’t. Trust me. There is such a thing as the perfect dashboard. And I’ve already built it for you. The Anatomy of the Perfect… Read More